Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Indymoney]

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It was a comprehensive victory because the team Australia selected was not able to face the Indian bowlers and the same bowling line up might not be coming back to Australia because Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma is injured but Mohammed Shami  and Jasprit Bumrah could test the players and the ODI and T20 would be really interesting but for Test matches without Virat Kohli in the team might be a hard battle.

Whatever be the case India will be sending the best team possible and Australia will be looking forward to that and hopefully Australia could dominate the series and there is no debate about India having good pace bowlers but i believe that Australia will be more than capable to score runs against them and win the series comprehensively  .

In Australia struggle of Sub-Continent teams is nothing new I am feeling they never have good record in last 70years just once India beat Australia just becuase of their top order batsmen was not available and Pakistan never beat them mean they have some serious problems and they never do any good plaining about this all so they have to done some good home work for this and then they can beat them otherwise its mission impossible for them.

[vella85]

I just hope we see a competitive test series between Australia and India and that it isn't dominated by one team. I see this time there will be a day/night test match so it will be interesting to see how India perform as Australia have already played many day/night test matches.

[7788bitcoin]

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In Australia struggle of Sub-Continent teams is nothing new I am feeling they never have good record in last 70years just once India beat Australia just becuase of their top order batsmen was not available and Pakistan never beat them mean they have some serious problems and they never do any good plaining about this all so they have to done some good home work for this and then they can beat them otherwise its mission impossible for them.

Australia was performing at the highest level for a very long time and it was an impossible task to defeat them in Test cricket throughout history until the mighty West Indies came to dominate the game and the Asia teams had no chance against them in Test but in ODI there was a chance.

I just hope we see a competitive test series between Australia and India and that it isn't dominated by one team. I see this time there will be a day/night test match so it will be interesting to see how India perform as Australia have already played many day/night test matches.

I do not remember India playing day night Test matches and it will be a good test for them when the ball will be swinging at night and it will be a challenge for the Indian players, hopefully it will be an interesting contest.

[Juggy777]

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In Australia struggle of Sub-Continent teams is nothing new I am feeling they never have good record in last 70years just once India beat Australia just becuase of their top order batsmen was not available and Pakistan never beat them mean they have some serious problems and they never do any good plaining about this all so they have to done some good home work for this and then they can beat them otherwise its mission impossible for them.

Australia was performing at the highest level for a very long time and it was an impossible task to defeat them in Test cricket throughout history until the mighty West Indies came to dominate the game and the Asia teams had no chance against them in Test but in ODI there was a chance.

I just hope we see a competitive test series between Australia and India and that it isn't dominated by one team. I see this time there will be a day/night test match so it will be interesting to see how India perform as Australia have already played many day/night test matches.

I do not remember India playing day night Test matches and it will be a good test for them when the ball will be swinging at night and it will be a challenge for the Indian players, hopefully it will be an interesting contest.

@7788bitcoin while you’re right about sub continents teams struggle in Australia, but it’s important to remember that Australia’s batman’s are vulnerable against spin too while they’re playing in India, so home advantage is nothing new. Furthermore India did play a Day and Night test match a while back, and it was boring for me because it turned out to be a one sided match.

Sources:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19430/scorecard/1187017/india-vs-bangladesh-2nd-test-icc-world-test-championship-2019-2021

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/history-in-making-kolkata-shimmers-in-pink-as-india-gears-up-for-first-day-night-test/history-of-day-night-test-matches/slideshow/72168845.cms

https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/aussies-and-their-struggles-against-wrist-spin

[JSRAW]

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@7788bitcoin while you’re right about sub continents teams struggle in Australia, but it’s important to remember that Australia’s batman’s are vulnerable against spin too while they’re playing in India, so home advantage is nothing new. Furthermore India did play a Day and Night test match a while back, and it was boring for me because it turned out to be a one sided match.

There is a reason India is called final frontier, to give you example in last 3 decades India only lost 3 home series in India. One of the big reason is spin  and one interesting fact is 2 greatest spinners in the cricket history (Warne and Murli) were not very successful when playing in India in comparison to other part of the world.

[JohnBitCo]

I just hope we see a competitive test series between Australia and India and that it isn't dominated by one team. I see this time there will be a day/night test match so it will be interesting to see how India perform as Australia have already played many day/night test matches.

Australia is at an advantage now (especially after it is confirmed that Virat will be playing only in the first match). If the Australians prepare fast and bouncy tracks, then they can trouble the Indian batsmen. But I am not sure whether they will go for it, since TV partners would like to stretch the matches for at least 4 days each. Also, Indian pacers are also in good form. Bumrah can make use of the ground conditions, along with the other pacers.

Australians are always favorite in their home ground as Indians are in their home territory. The day n night test match will be interesting to watch. The first test match will start in mid december so there is still one month before this test series will start. However before that India will already have played the ODI and t20 series and they will be used to the Australian conditions.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Australians are always favorite in their home ground as Indians are in their home territory. The day n night test match will be interesting to watch. The first test match will start in mid december so there is still one month before this test series will start. However before that India will already have played the ODI and t20 series and they will be used to the Australian conditions.

A decade ago, I would have said that it would be impossible for India to have any chance of a series win in Australia. But their performance in 2017 changed everything. I am not discounting the fact that Australia was without two of their best players. But what India achieved in 2017 was like breaking the invisible glass ceiling. So I am not striking off India's chances of another series win.

[pakhitheboss]

Australians are always favorite in their home ground as Indians are in their home territory. The day n night test match will be interesting to watch. The first test match will start in mid december so there is still one month before this test series will start. However before that India will already have played the ODI and t20 series and they will be used to the Australian conditions.

A decade ago, I would have said that it would be impossible for India to have any chance of a series win in Australia. But their performance in 2017 changed everything. I am not discounting the fact that Australia was without two of their best players. But what India achieved in 2017 was like breaking the invisible glass ceiling. So I am not striking off India's chances of another series win.

I think you are a bit more confident than usual on India's performance in the upcoming series. In my opinion both team are great and both have chances, it all depends on how much pressure the players can take and I am confident most matches in this series will be pretty close.

[bryant.coleman]

I think you are a bit more confident than usual on India's performance in the upcoming series. In my opinion both team are great and both have chances, it all depends on how much pressure the players can take and I am confident most matches in this series will be pretty close.

It would have been close if Virat Kohli was playing all the matches. But without Kohli, Australia is having the advantage. Kohli has been the backbone of the Indian batting lineup in surfaces which favor pace bowling. None of the other Indian batsmen have performed consistently on such surfaces. However, Indian pacers seems to be in very good form right now.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I think you are a bit more confident than usual on India's performance in the upcoming series. In my opinion both team are great and both have chances, it all depends on how much pressure the players can take and I am confident most matches in this series will be pretty close.

It would have been close if Virat Kohli was playing all the matches. But without Kohli, Australia is having the advantage. Kohli has been the backbone of the Indian batting lineup in surfaces which favor pace bowling. None of the other Indian batsmen have performed consistently on such surfaces. However, Indian pacers seems to be in very good form right now.

India's biggest weakness is having to play without a batsman like Virat Kohli. The Australian team will take advantage of this opportunity. It would be foolish if Indian team management select a newcomer to replace Virat Kohli against Australia. Australia's bowling seems terrible, and when they play on their own field, they become more violent for the opponent. Experienced players, who has experience of playing against Australia will have to be taken in the team instead of Virat Kohli.

[bryant.coleman]

It is not impossible for India to win a Test series against Australia, but it is very difficult. Teams like Australia or England are much stronger in pace bowling. And their country's fields are also very helpful for pace bowlers. On the other hand, Asian teams (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh)  are very good at spin bowling, but they lag behind in pace bowling. So it is much more difficult for Asian teams to win against Australia at home.

You forget the fact that India is also a pace powerhouse now. The current Indian pace attack resembles the Pakistani pace battery of 1990s, which included legends such as Wasim Akram, Aaqib Javed and Waqar Younis. The main difference between the two sides is that the Australians have batsmen who are very good against pace bowling, while India doesn't have a lot of such batsmen.

[ene1980]

I agree with you that, at this time India have a lot of good pace bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah is an awesome bowler. Apart from that, India has some better pace bowlers. But the main thing is, although they have some qualityfull world class batsman , but most of their batsman are a little bit weak against pace bowling. I think it is the only weak point of Indian team. Hope they will recover it. And we will see a competitive series.

We will get all the answers by this month as the tournament will start by 27th but for the real Test it will take a longer time, the shorter format will be close matches as both teams have good players but the main highlight would be the Test series and i am hoping that Australia will have an upper hand because they are playing in their home ground. I know that Indian players were susceptible to short pitch bowling in the past but the current players are more than capable of playing those shorts.

[bryant.coleman]

I agree with you that, at this time India have a lot of good pace bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah is an awesome bowler. Apart from that, India has some better pace bowlers. But the main thing is, although they have some qualityfull world class batsman , but most of their batsman are a little bit weak against pace bowling. I think it is the only weak point of Indian team. Hope they will recover it. And we will see a competitive series.

The Indian batsmen, apart from Virat Kohli can face pace bowling, but they can be quite inconsistent. If you remember the 2017 series, then it was Pujara who scored the most runs for India. So they have batsmen who can face world class pace attack. But the question is whether they will be able to do that on a consistent basis or not. Anyway, this time the indications are that CA will be preparing pitches that are more conductive to batting.

[Clement Kaliyar]

The Indian batsmen, apart from Virat Kohli can face pace bowling, but they can be quite inconsistent. If you remember the 2017 series, then it was Pujara who scored the most runs for India. So they have batsmen who can face world class pace attack. But the question is whether they will be able to do that on a consistent basis or not. Anyway, this time the indications are that CA will be preparing pitches that are more conductive to batting.

I have not seen any weakness in Virat Kohli when he faces fast bowling and if CA prepare batting wicket then it will help India as they have a strong batting line up and they have the bowlers that could bowl in any pitch especially Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami and if the pitch is not helping the bowlers then the India batsman will score a ton of runs as well.

[Indymoney]

The Indian batsmen, apart from Virat Kohli can face pace bowling, but they can be quite inconsistent. If you remember the 2017 series, then it was Pujara who scored the most runs for India. So they have batsmen who can face world class pace attack. But the question is whether they will be able to do that on a consistent basis or not. Anyway, this time the indications are that CA will be preparing pitches that are more conductive to batting.

I have not seen any weakness in Virat Kohli when he faces fast bowling and if CA prepare batting wicket then it will help India as they have a strong batting line up and they have the bowlers that could bowl in any pitch especially Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami and if the pitch is not helping the bowlers then the India batsman will score a ton of runs as well.

Most chances they are not going with batting wickets because they have some good bowlers and batsmen those can perform very good on these wickets and they are home team so some good advantages are going with them most chanes this is going to be good win for Australia in current situation as Virat is also not available for visitors which is big impact on their batting.

[ene1980]

If you remember the 2017 series, then it was Pujara who scored the most runs for India. So they have batsmen who can face world class pace attack. But the question is whether they will be able to do that on a consistent basis or not. Anyway, this time the indications are that CA will be preparing pitches that are more conductive to batting.

I am yet to see the team for the Test matches for India but Pujara is a Test specialist and he has not played any competitive cricket for a long time due to pandemic and that will be a challenge for him and there is no way CA will be preparing pitches that are batting friendly as that will end up in a draw rather than providing in any result as India has some good players who are able to bat the entire day especially Pujara.

[7788bitcoin]

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@7788bitcoin while you’re right about sub continents teams struggle in Australia, but it’s important to remember that Australia’s batman’s are vulnerable against spin too while they’re playing in India, so home advantage is nothing new. Furthermore India did play a Day and Night test match a while back, and it was boring for me because it turned out to be a one sided match.

Yes i forgot that India did play a day night Test match and this will be their first one outside their comfort zone and that too against a formidable side. There were players like Hayden and Ponting who had major success against Indian spinners in India in the past and the current crop of young players with experience will perform better in the future.

[Sithara007]

I am yet to see the team for the Test matches for India but Pujara is a Test specialist and he has not played any competitive cricket for a long time due to pandemic and that will be a challenge for him and there is no way CA will be preparing pitches that are batting friendly as that will end up in a draw rather than providing in any result as India has some good players who are able to bat the entire day especially Pujara.

This is something that the BCCI should pay attention to. Players such as Pujara have been out of action for quite long, and they may find themselves rusty during the matches. It is very much necessary to have a good number of practise/warmup matches before the actual matches start. I am skeptical here, because the BCCI have been always against playing large number of practice matches.

[ene1980]

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This is something that the BCCI should pay attention to. Players such as Pujara have been out of action for quite long, and they may find themselves rusty during the matches. It is very much necessary to have a good number of practise/warmup matches before the actual matches start. I am skeptical here, because the BCCI have been always against playing large number of practice matches.

During a pandemic it is impossible to give these players a match situation and the problem right now is Australia is having a surge in the number of patients and there is a possibility that the government could lock the country once again and i have seen reports that the venue might change because of the situation and if that is the case we might not even see any warm up matches.

[Sithara007]

During a pandemic it is impossible to give these players a match situation and the problem right now is Australia is having a surge in the number of patients and there is a possibility that the government could lock the country once again and i have seen reports that the venue might change because of the situation and if that is the case we might not even see any warm up matches.

It is quite surprising. The WBBL is ongoing right now, and if a franchise league involving 8 teams can proceed without any trouble then I don't think that there should be any issue with the bilateral series. But then, COVID 19 cases are really surging in Australia. It will be a very tough task for CA to set up bio-secure bubbles and ensure that the players remain safe.